BUF 3 @ MTL 4 · Mar 3, 2025

Mon, Mar 3, 2025·Centre Bell, Montreal

Away

Buffalo Sabres

Final

Overtime

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Montréal Canadiens

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 81% of the time.

13%

76%

MTL winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

MTL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Tuch–Greenway–Cozens	Thompson–Peterka–Kulich	Lafferty–Malenstyn–Krebs	McLeod–Quinn–Benson	Lafferty–Peterka–Kulich	Krebs–Cozens–Benson	Dahlin–Byram	Bryson–Power	Clifton–Gilbert	Dahlin–Power	Byram–Power	Bryson–Byram
Suzuki–Caufield–Slafkovský	5:220.49–0.53	1:350.00–0.26		0:570.00–0.00			2:440.12–0.48	2:430.27–0.10	1:560.26–0.21		0:530.00–0.00	1:100.00–0.00
Armia–Evans–Heineman	1:500.26–0.00	3:190.00–0.34	1:070.00–0.08	0:340.00–0.12			3:030.26–0.42	1:520.00–0.07	1:330.00–0.09	0:310.00–0.00
Gallagher–Anderson–Dvorak	0:360.00–0.00	2:390.22–0.11	1:160.00–0.10	0:440.00–0.19		0:310.00–0.00	2:260.02–0.18	1:250.13–0.00	1:120.01–0.03	0:470.21–0.00	0:440.00–0.01
Laine–Newhook–Beck			3:150.00–0.03	2:510.15–0.23			2:400.02–0.03	2:040.09–0.23	1:360.00–0.01
Anderson–Dvorak–Evans		0:350.00–0.00								1:020.21–0.00
Armia–Dvorak–Heineman					0:590.00–0.07		0:560.00–0.07
Matheson–Carrier	3:030.38–0.00	6:170.02–0.70		1:050.13–0.00			4:460.14–0.65	3:360.09–0.05	1:060.26–0.04		1:210.00–0.08	1:170.13–0.00
Struble–Hutson	3:220.09–0.10	0:320.00–0.00	3:090.00–0.05	2:310.02–0.31			2:340.02–0.12	2:070.16–0.10	4:570.00–0.05
Savard–Xhekaj	1:510.38–0.17	0:530.00–0.01	2:340.00–0.12	1:260.00–0.23	1:020.00–0.07		4:020.26–0.17	2:520.24–0.40	1:150.01–0.03
Carrier–Xhekaj	0:460.00–0.43		0:540.00–0.00				1:110.00–0.22
Carrier–Struble		0:340.00–0.00								0:590.21–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

MTLBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Mike MathesonMTL	24	28:22	1:11	2:51	1	3
Rasmus DahlinBUF	30	25:34	0:51	2:25	6	0
Bowen ByramBUF	31	24:59	0:48	2:27	1	4
Alex TuchBUF	24	21:42	0:54	1:56	5	2
Owen PowerBUF	25	21:10	0:51	1:38	4	2
Alexandre CarrierMTL	24	20:51	0:52	2:10	0	0
JJ PeterkaBUF	21	20:22	0:58	1:59	4	2
Nick SuzukiMTL	21	20:11	0:58	1:25	5	0
Lane HutsonMTL	19	19:11	1:01	1:54	4	0
Joel ArmiaMTL	21	18:51	0:54	1:52	1	3
Tage ThompsonBUF	21	18:36	0:53	1:58	5	2
Cole CaufieldMTL	19	17:44	0:56	1:21	6	0
Juraj SlafkovskýMTL	19	17:29	0:55	1:24	6	0
Dylan CozensBUF	22	17:19	0:47	1:25	3	1
David SavardMTL	17	17:05	1:00	1:58	1	3
Jordan GreenwayBUF	21	17:05	0:49	1:19	3	4
Jake EvansMTL	22	16:33	0:45	1:37	1	3
Jacob BrysonBUF	26	16:11	0:37	1:16	4	6
Christian DvorakMTL	21	15:48	0:45	1:58	1	4
Josh AndersonMTL	21	15:28	0:44	1:54	0	4
Jayden StrubleMTL	18	15:18	0:51	1:52	0	0
Jiri KulichBUF	21	15:13	0:43	1:21	2	2
Connor CliftonBUF	18	14:45	0:49	1:17	3	5
Jack QuinnBUF	17	14:16	0:50	2:07	1	1
Emil HeinemanMTL	17	13:20	0:47	1:36	1	2
Alex NewhookMTL	14	13:14	0:57	1:46	3	1
Arber XhekajMTL	14	13:08	0:56	1:54	0	1
Ryan McLeodBUF	19	13:08	0:41	1:20	1	4
Patrik LaineMTL	14	13:03	0:56	1:23	6	0
Brendan GallagherMTL	17	12:56	0:46	1:44	1	3
Beck MalenstynBUF	18	12:04	0:40	1:00	6	2
Dennis GilbertBUF	14	11:40	0:50	1:17	3	1
Zach BensonBUF	17	11:31	0:41	1:22	1	1
Peyton KrebsBUF	15	11:14	0:45	1:04	4	1
Sam LaffertyBUF	12	9:46	0:49	1:24	3	1
Owen BeckMTL	11	7:49	0:43	1:14	3	1

Buffalo Sabres 3, Montréal Canadiens 4 (OT)

Who was on the ice

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